RomM — Guide — Felhom.eu ← Apps RomM Retro game collection manager, browser and player ● Running Up to date arcade.tester4.test Open ↗ Files ↗ What is it for? Sort and browse a retro game collection in your browser Game details download themselves - cover art, descriptions, ratings Filter and search the whole collection by platform Upload and download ROM files in your browser Several people in the household can have their own account First steps Open arcade.tester4.test in your browser On the first visit, create your admin account Upload the ROM files into the roms/ folder in the File manager (FileBrowser), sorted into platform folders (for example roms/gba/, roms/snes/) If a console needs a BIOS file, put it in the roms-bios/ folder, in that console's folder (for example roms-bios/psx/) Select your profile picture at the top right, choose „Scan”, and start a scan to read the ROMs in Optional: set up metadata providers so cover art and descriptions download themselves (see below) Before you start An external hard drive is needed to keep the ROM files and cover art on At least 1 GB of free RAM is recommended (MariaDB + Redis + RomM) ROM files sorted into platform folders (for example roms/gba/, roms/snes/) Play in the browser Games for many retro platforms run right in the browser, with nothing to install. Select „Platforms” at the top and choose the platform. Select the game: its page opens. Select „Play”. If there is no such button, the browser cannot run this platform; „Download” gets the game for your own emulator. Own accounts for the family Everyone signs in with their own account, so their favourites stay separate. Select your profile picture at the top right and choose „Administration”. Under „Users”, select „Add”. Fill in „Username” and „Password”, type the password again in „Repeat password”, and select „Create”. If the family member should choose their own password, make a link under „Invite link” with „Generate”, and send it to them with „Copy link”. Favourites and collections In collections you can group games, for example the ones for the children. Open the game and select „Manage collections”. For a new collection, select „Create collection”, type its name and select „Create”. Tick the collections the game should go into. You find your collections under „Collections” at the top. Upload from the browser You can upload a few games straight from the browser, without the file manager. Select your profile picture at the top right and choose „Upload ROMs”. In „Select a platform”, choose which console the game is for. Drag the files onto „Drop files here” and select „Upload”. RomM then reads them in by itself. Frequently asked questions Can it be in Hungarian? Yes. Select your profile picture, choose „User interface”, and under „Language” choose Hungarian, listed under its own name. The setting applies to each browser separately. Which games may I upload? Only games that are yours: for example a copy you made of your own cartridge or disc. Why do the games have no cover or description? That needs a metadata provider. Set one up on the dashboard, on RomM's „Settings” tab, then run an „Update metadata” scan on RomM's „Scan” page. Why does it not recognise the game? RomM looks the game up by the file name. Rename the file to the game's exact title and run a scan again on the „Scan” page. How do I change my password? Select your profile picture, choose „Profile”, then „Change password”. Enter the new password twice and select „Confirm”. Documentation Official documentation ↗